Roland announced the P-20HD Video Instant Replayer, an affordable hardware solution for bringing professional instant replay capabilities to any live production setup. Offering simple operation and seamless integration with most Roland A/V switchers and HDMI camcorders and cameras, the P-20HD transforms everyday video production for school sports, coaches, trainers, esports, and more.
When watching a sporting event live or on a broadcast stream, today’s audience expect the same high production values they see when watching pro teams on broadcast TV. With the P-20HD, adding the magic of instant replay to local production has never been easier. Using intuitive controls and integrated color LCD, a single operator can cue up replays of action to let fans relive important moments, either on a streaming feed or a live event screen in the venue – or both at once.
The P-20HD records directly to high-capacity SD cards, which are widely available and easy to swap out. Action can be replayed in forward, reverse, or slow motion, stepped through frame by frame, or frozen for detailed analysis. The game is continuously recorded in the background during replays, with no gaps in the action.
The P-20HD panel features an array of dedicated hardware controls for a hands-on, frustration-free experience. Transport button include play, pause, forward, rewind, mark in, and mark out. A jog/shuffle wheel with optical encoding provides precise, fluid control to scrub clips for replay and editing, while the T-bar directly adjusts playback speed. A Speed Range function offers ultra-fine control, perfect focusing in on tight action and contested plays.
After the action is over, the media playlist builder makes it possible to aggregate clips into curated pro videos, letting users celebrate the best moments of a game on social media or distribute practice and training sessions to coaches and players for evaluation. The P-20HD natively records in the universal H.264 format, so files can be uploaded to most platforms with no conversion steps in-between.
To learn more about the P-20HD Video Instant Replayer, visit Roland.com.